Saddle horn



Oct1 9, 1948. I J. P. BALDWIN 2,451,651

SADDLE HORN File d May 1, 1946 In L'enlm' A Ila rneys Patented Oct. 19, 1948 SADDLE HORN Joseph P. Baldwin, Kingsville, Tex., assignor to King Ranch, Inc., Kingsville, Tex., a corporation of Texas Application May 1, 1946, Serial No. 666,497

. 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in saddle horns and especially to improvements on my prior United States Letters Patent No. 1,661,- 989, issued March 6, 1928, and entitled "Saddle horn.

It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a saddle horn having a base to embrace and be secured to a swell of a saddle tree by means which will constitute a part of the base and which will engage a, plurality of portion thereof to thereby eliminate the possibility of the saddle horn becoming disengaged from the saddle tree due to wear or strain exerted thereon.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent of the following description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved saddle horn, and

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, for the purpose of illustrating the application of the improved saddle horn, designated generally 5, a portion of the swell 6 of a saddle-tree is illustrated with the horn 5 shown applied thereto. The swell 6 is formed of two lateral halves or 1 sections joined together, beneath the horn 5 by a dovetailed joint 1.

The saddle horn 5 is formed of metal and includes a horn portion 8 and a base 9 which is formed integral therewith. The base 9 preferably seats in a recess in the surface of the swell 6 and extends forwardly, rearwardly and laterally beyond the lower portion of the horn B The forward portion III of the base 9 is turned back upon itself to form a flange II which is disposed at an acute angle to the remainder of the base portion l and which abuts against the downwardly and inwardly inclined forward face of the swell 6. The bite portion l2 formed by the base portions [0 and H, engages around the forward, upper edge of the swell 6. The portions It and H are provided with aligned openings I 3 and M respectively, for receiving suitable headed fastenings I5, preferably in the form of rivets. The rivets I5, at their lower ends, are provided with obliquely disposed heads l6 which abut against the outer surface of the flange ll. mediate portions of the rivets 15 extend through the forward part of the swell 6, one on either side of the dovetailed joint 1, for securely fastening the forward end of the saddle horn to the saddle-tree swell 6 and for securely holding the The inter.

Base 9 terminates at its opposite end in a downwardly curved bifurcated portion I! having downwardly and outwardly diverging furcations l8 which are adapted to engage against the rear side of the swell 6 and which are provided with correspondingly disposed openings W. The openings l9 are adapted to receive wood screws or other suitable fastenings, not shown, which extend therethrough and into the rear part of the swell 6.

The wood screws are anchored in the halves or sections of the swell 5 and combined with the driven fastenings l5 to retain said parts in assembled relationship.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a saddle, a saddle horn embracing and secured to the saddle-tree of the saddle; a flangeforming one end of the saddle horn base, said flange disposed beneath the remainder of said base and at an acute angle thereto and engaging the forward face of the saddle-tree swell and a plurality of fastening means extending through portions of the saddletree swell and anchored at their ends in said flange and in a portion of the saddle horn base, disposed thereabove.

2. In combination with a saddle, a saddle horn embracing and secured to the saddle-tree of the saddle; a flange forming one end of the saddle horn base, said flange disposed beneath the remainder of said base and at an acute angle thereto and engaging the forward face of the saddle-tree swell and a plurality of fastening means extending through portions of the saddletree swell and anchored at their ends in said flange and in a portion of the saddle horn base, disposed thereabove, said fastenings comprising rivets having elongated shanks, one of the headed ends of each of said rivets engaging the outer side of said flange, and the other headed end of each of the rivets engaging the outer side of the portion of the base disposed thereabove.

JOSEPH P. BALDWIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileof this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Baldwin Mar. 5, 1928 Number 

